- Industry: Library & information science
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Reaction of the body to injury or to infectious, allergic, or chemical irritation; characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain resulting from dilation of the blood vessels accompanied by loss of plasma and leucocytes (white blood cells) into the tissues.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Recommendation by US OSHA for a TWA concentration that must not be exceeded during any 8-hour work shift of a 40h working week.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Reduction in the amount of a pesticide or other compound which has been applied to plants, soil etc. (used when it is not clear whether this is by mineralization degradation, binding, or leaching).
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Reduction in the functional capacity of the immune response; may be due to:
# Inhibition of the normal response of the immune system to an antigen.
# Prevention, by chemical or biological means, of the production of an antibody to an antigen by inhibition of the processes of transcription, translation or formation of tertiary structure.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Refers to a pesticide residue or contaminant arising from environmental sources (including former agricultural uses) other than the use of a pesticide or contaminant substance directly or indirectly on the commodity. It is the maximum concentration of a pesticide residue or contaminant that is recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be legally permitted or recognized as acceptable in or on food, agricultural commodity or animal feed.
Note: The mass content is expressed in milligrams of pesticide residue or contaminant per kilogram of commodity.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Reflex spasmodic closure of the sphincter of the larynx, particularly the glottic sphincter.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Regulatory level of exposure to substances, intensities of radiation etc. or other conditions, specified appropriately in relevant government legislation or related codes of practice.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
Relating to the period shortly before and after birth, usually from the twentieth to the twenty-ninth week of gestation to one to four weeks after birth.
Industry:Biology; Chemistry
